They also found a Viking handle, which may mean that the town was older than they thought and dates back to the Viking age! The current story now is that Bishop Absalon "founded" the town, but in reality he just fortified an already extant town. We learned about this in my class Copenhagen: History and Contemporary Urban Issues, which is all about how the city has changed through the centuries and how it got to be the way it is. The teacher is really great, and he says we should be able to "read" any European medieval city through what we learn in this class. Right now he has us doing an exercise where we go around to 15 different historical areas in the city and answer questions and make observations on these sights. It's pretty cool, and he provides us with an "autoguide" so we know what we're looking at, but it's so COLD to be walking around! The wind makes it especially uncomfortable. I've decided that I will not complain at all this summer when it gets hot; I will just think back to my cold afternoons wandering around the medieval part of Copenhagen.
These assignments have been keeping me busy--that and enjoying time at the hojeskole! Foosball is a favorite evening activity :) And everyone always rushes dessert, which comes out around 9 pm.
The train has been great, it's good to get some work done! Once or twice they've made important-sounding announcements in Danish, in which my friends and I just smile to each other and ask someone around us who speaks English what the message is. It's very clean and comfy--good thing, because I spend a lot of time on it!
That's all for now, I miss all of you and hope all is well!
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